While ostensibly constructing an epic devoted to theological virtues of the Christian faith, Spenser cannot resist including his beloved classical mythology and legends in the work. Alongside the Redcrosse knight stands the half-satyr Satyrane;...
The Question and Answer section for The Faerie Queene is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
While ostensibly constructing an epic devoted to theological virtues of the Christian faith, Spenser cannot resist including his beloved classical mythology and legends in the work. Alongside the Redcrosse knight stands the half-satyr Satyrane;...
Within each Book of The Faerie Queene, each stanza is its own mini-narrative, containing a single, complete idea or description, and several stanzas are linked together by their common subject matter in order to form the longer narrative of a...
According to Sidney, his purpose in writing Arcadia was simply to entertain his sister, Mary Herbert.